African Butterfly Fish and Dragon Eel

Leopardess said:
"They're not predators as they look, they're actually filter feeders and feed off plankton and algae mostly. They do feed off small inverts as well."

Actually, they are predators that mostly eat bugs and any small fish unlucky enough to travel to the surface. Them eating algae just doesn't make much sense since they only swim at the surface and have an upturned mouth -not a lot of algae floats by. And as for filtering, they keep their mouths closed and have a trapdoor style mouth....which isn't conducive, as far as I'm aware, to filter feeding.

As for the pH issue, I have to disagree. As long as they're properly acclimated any "normal" pH is fine. My water is not 6.5 in that tank (more like 7.1) and she's just fine).

If you do a search on this site for pantodon buchholzi you should find plenty of info.
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I was talking about the violet goby, not the african butterfly fish.
 
My bad. Thought you were talking about the butterfly fish...got to wondering about that plankton part;)
 
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i also have a butterfly fish right now and mine has been doing fine off flake food. i found him a house spidar the other day and he loved that. some days i give my fish brine shrimp and blood worms, but the afb hasnt even looked at it. i also have fancy guppies who swim up to the top ALL the time. i was qorried at first but all have survived. the only thing i noticed about my butterfly fish is that when everyone is eating he likes to just barge though all of them. but no biting or killing has happended. i also couldnt find ANY site on this fish.
 
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